4.Blitz all these ingredients until well mixed. If the blender finds this difficult start to slowly add the water now, otherwise blitz first and then slowly add water until a lovely creamy consistency is reached.

Serve on its own or with fresh berries, coconut flakes, cacao nibs and top with yogurt or cream.

7.Add the olive oil and agave syrup to the bowl and mix all the ingredients together by hand until you have a firm sticky dough.

8. Firmly press the mixture into a tray approx 15cm x 25cm and leave to chill in fridge for a couple of hours.

9. When set cut into “bars” - one cut lengthways and 8 across.

Get Up & Green

Category:

Get Up & Green

This is a great way to start your day as this smoothie is rich in chlorophyl and will encourge a healthy pH and promote detoxification. It's also the easy way of bumping up your daily intake of fruit and vegetables.

If you are on the health programme this is optional but it’s a fantastic way to supercharge your health.

•2 tsp of SuperGreen mix or 1 desertspoon of spirulina

•1 dsp goji berries (these are best soaked in water for an hour or so to soften them)

If you are in a hurry a quick option is to mix a teaspoon of Chiray Supergreens and a teaspoon of Chiray Berrylicious into some water or a little juice. At least you start your day with a boost of superfoods.

Green & Raw Soup

Category:

Green & Raw Soup

Serves 4

GL Score - 0

Ingredients:

•4 sticks celery – chop

•1 lettuce – chop

•1 avocado

•2 cups broccoli florets – chop into small pieces, don’t use the stalks as the blender won’t like it!

1.Melt the coconut in a double saucepan or place in a dish which is standing in a bowl of hot water.

2.Put the nuts, sunflower seeds, coconut flakes, Incan berries and banana in a large bowl and mix together. This mixture needs to be blitzed either in a blender or food processor until it resembles breadcrumbs. You may have to do this in several stages depending on the size and strength of your appliance.

3.Place the resulting mixture in a large mixing bowl and add the lucuma, vanilla powder, salt and Berrylicious and mix well.

4.Next add the melted coconut butter and mix to form a stiff dough.

5.Press this into a tray approximately 9 inches by 10 inches and press down well.

6.Score or pre-cut to mark your slices. It should make between 20 – 30.

7.To decorate brush the top with agave syrup and lightly sprinkle with chopped cashew nuts.

Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend together to form a thick paste.

Spoon out approximately a heaped dessertspoon and mould into a ball in your hands. If you are a raw foodie, these can be eaten raw and are fantastic little balls of energy!

If you prefer to make more of a biscuit texture maca-roon, then flatten out the ball into a biscuit shape and place onto a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper. Place in the oven for approximately 20 – 30 minutes (depending on the size you have made your maca-roon). Leave to cool.

Extra treat alert!

N.B. If you fancy being a bit more decadent, you can add a couple of dessertspoons of raw cacao powder to the mix for a chocolaty maca-roon!

1.Pre-heat oven to 150 degrees C - unless you have a dehyrdator, which is an even better option! They can also be eaten raw.

2.Place all the ingredients (except the water) into a blender and wiz until it turns into a flour consistency. Then slowly add water to turn it into a dough.

3.Take out a dessertspoon at a time of the mixture and shape in your hands to form a biscuit shape. Place onto a tray lined with greaseproof paper.

4.Place in the oven and cook for approximately 30 minutes – until golden brown.

Popeye Smoothie

Category:

Popeye Smoothie

Ingredients:

•2 sticks celery

•½ small cucumber

•2 chunks broccoli

•2 handfuls spinach

•1-2 apples

•1 inch ginger

•Juice ½ lemon

•½ ripe avocado

•Small handful of ice

Method:

Juice all the ingredients (except the avocado and ice). Place the juice into a blender and blend together with the avocado and ice.

Protein Power Smoothie

Category:

Protein Power Smoothie

1 cup Coconut Water (you can buy this from most health food shops and some supermarkets, you can also replace this with milk or a milk alternative)

1 cup berries of your choice

1 handful spinach

1 dsp natural yogurt

1 dsp hemp protein

1 dsp hemp seeds

1 dsp flax oil or coconut oil (great for the metabolism!)

1 teaspoon supergreens

Blend all the ingredients together.

If you are in a hurry then our Chiray Power is a fantastic protein shake and takes just seconds to mix up.

Raw Chocolate In A Flash!

Category:

Raw Chocolate In a Flash

To make 15 raw chocolates you will need:

a small pan

a heat proof bowl

a chocolate mould

If you buy our chocolate creating kit it will contain everything you need to make 30 delicious chocolates.

Method:

Place some water into the pan and heat. Place the bowl over the top of the saucepan (make sure it’s not touching the water).

Place 50g of cacao butter in the bowl, remove from heat and melt. Once melted stir in some of the agave nectar (depending on how sweet you like it), 50g of cacao powder and a pinch of vanilla powder or a few drops of vanilla essence (optional but adds a nice dimension to the taste!

Keep stirring until smooth.

Spoon into the moulds – don’t forget to lick the bowl!

Place in the fridge (or freezer if you’re in a hurry) and allow to set.

Turn out of the mould and indulge in the most delicious, raw, mouth-watering treat!

Get Creative:

The above recipe is a basic raw chocolate base, you can then add a wealth of yummy additions – let your imagination go wild!

Raw Purple Special Cake

Category:

Raw Purple Special Cake

12 - 14 Slices

This cake tastes wonderful. Looks like chocolate but in fact contains no cacao products at all! The purple corn gives it its wonderful dark colour and a mildly fruity flavour, the cashews the gentle nutty part, the Lucuma adds the delicious dreamy, creamy bit and the Berrylicious just that special tang of berries. The combination has the wow factor!

Ingredients:

For the cake:

•200 organic Chiray cashew nuts - preferably soaked for 2 hours

•150g Chiray sunflower seeds - preferably soaked for 2 hours

•100g oat flakes

•150g raisins (preferably without sunflower oil coating)

•150 sultanas (preferably without sunflower oil coating)

•75g Chiray organic purple corn flour

•75g Chiray organic Lucuma powder

•75g Chiray cold pressed, organic coconut butter

•1 tablespoon Chiray Berrylicious

•Pinch of fine Chiray Himalayan salt

• A large amount of love and kindness!

For the Icing:

•75g Chiray cold pressed, organic coconut butter

•40g Chiray organic Lucuma powder

•4 level teaspoons Chiray purple corn extract

Method:

1.Rinse cashews and sunflower seeds, put into a food processor or blender and process until all of the ingredients are broken down - you may have to do half at a time depending on the strength of your mixer - and then tip the mixture into a large bowl.

2.Next process the oats, raisins and sultanas until they are broken down and well mixed - you may have to do this in halves also - and put into the bowl with the processed almonds and seeds. Mix together with your hands until they are spread evenly. You should start to have a stiff dough consistency

3.Melt the coconut butter in a bowl standing in hot water.

4.Mix the Lucuma powder, purple corn flour, Berrylicious, and salt into the melted coconut butter and stir to form a paste

5.Add the paste to the mixture in the large bowl and continue mixing with your hands until the whole mixture is a uniform colour, and makes a sticky dough.

6.Firmly press the mixture into a dish, tin or mould. A silicon mould works particularly well.

7.Refrigerate for a couple of hours

8. Turn out of mould onto decorative plate

9. To ice, lightly soften the coconut butter as before until it is soft but not completely liquid, by gently warming and then beating. Add the Lucuma powder and purple corn extract and mix together.

Definitely a rich cake for when you feel like spoiling yourself (or friends). It can also be served as a desert with yoghurt, cream and berries. Start with small slices - you can always come back for more!

Savoury Superfood Flan

Category:

Savoury Superfood Cheese Flan Base

For 4 - 6 people

Ingredients:

•¾ cup Chiray brazil nuts - preferably soak for a few hours

•2 tablespoons Chiray hemp seeds - preferably soak for a few hours

•½ cup Chiray sunflower seeds - preferably soak for a few hours

•½ cup Chiray pumpkin seeds - preferably soak for a few hours

•½ cup oats

•2 tablespoon Chiray Supergreen mix

•½ teaspoon salt

•1 crushed clove of garlic

•50g grated cheese

•2 tablespoons Chiray coconut oil

Method:

1. If you have soaked the nuts and seeds rinse and put in blender/processor and blitz until well mixed. If not just place all dry nuts and seeds in blender/processor and blitz. Tip these into a large mixing bowl.

2. Place the oats, super green mix , salt, garlic and coconut oil (broken into small pieces suitable for the blender) and blitz until well mixed. Put this in the bowl with the nuts and seeds.

3. Add the grated cheese and mix all the ingredients together with your hands until you have a firm dough ball.

4. Press this firmly into a flan dish or mould and place in the fridge to set preferably a couple of hours.

Serving suggestions

Complete your savoury flan with a filling of your choice. One we particularly like is the Savoury Celery and Pepper (see recipe below).

Raw savoury flans are a very tasty alternative to quiche. Serve with a fresh salad

Savoury Celery and Green Pepper flan filling

For 4 - 6 People

Ingredients:

•3 Avocados

•4 Sticks Celery

•1 Green Pepper

•2 crushed cloves of garlic

•1 tablespoon Chiray super green mix

•60g Chiray coconut oil

•½ teaspoon Chiray Himalayan Salt

•Juice of ½ lemon

•¼ medium size onion optional

•Small bunch coriander

Method:

1. Put flesh of avocados in blender/processor

2. Wash and deseed pepper and cut into pieces suitable for your blender

3. Wash and “string” celery and cut into pieces that your blender can cope with.

If you don’t have time to make porride or really don't fancy it, then Lizzie’s Granola is a great product that has been GL tested. It comes in several delicious flavours and has a relatively low GL. You can buy this from the shop.

The Best Green Smoothie Ever

Category:

The Best Green Smoothie Ever!

Ingredients:

•3 dessertspoons hemp seeds

•1/3 cucumber

•2 pears

•½ avocado

•Big handful spinach

•2 teaspoons Supergreens or green powders

•Juice 1 lime

•1 ½ cups water / coconut water

•1 dessertspoon coconut oil – melted. An easy way to melt coconut oil is to put it into a cup and then place the cup into a bowl of hot water. It only takes a few minutes to melt.

Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.

Yummy Red Garnish

Category:

Spicy Red Garnish

Serves 4 – 6 people

Takes just 10 minutes!

Ingredients:

•1 red pepper

•1 cup Chiray Goji Berries

•1 tbsp lemon juice or 2 tbsp cider vinegar

•2 cloves garlic – crushed

•½ tsp Chiray Himalayan rock salt

•¼ red chilli – this is optional add more or less depending on how hot you like it!

Method:

1.Wash, deseed and roughly chop the pepper and chilli and place in your blender/processor. Add the Goji berries and blitz until well mixed.

2.Add the other ingredients and blitz until you have a wonderful red mixture.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve as a topping for wheat-free pasta or as an accompaniment to any savoury dish.